Modern India

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People
  • Queen Victoria- "Emperess of India, the people of India wer now her colonial subjects, and India became her "Jewel in the crown."
  • Brigadier Reginald Dyer- was known as the "The Butcher of Amritsar", he was the British Commander that orderd the troops to open fire
  • Mohandas Gandhi- he was born in 1869, he studied in london and became a lawyer. In 1893 he went to South Africa to work in a law frim serving Indian workers
  • Mother Teresa of Calcutta- at age 18 she went to Ireland to become a Missionary nun. She started the Missionaries of Charity that helped the poor and sick
  • Lord Mountbatten- he was the last viceroy in India

Terms
  • civil disobedience- is the refusal to obey laws that are considered tobe unjust
  • mahatma- or "Great Soul", title that was given to Mohandas Gandhi by the Indian people
  • missionaries of charity- mother Teresa and her followers established this to help the poor and sick people in India
  • sikhs- are followers of a religion based on both Hindu and Muslim ideas
  • Indian National Congress- is a small group of Indians met in Mumbai to form this, they didn't demand immediate independence but want shared governing
  • Government of India Act- this was an act that expanded the role of Indians in the governing process
  • kashmir- is an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty id disputed between Pakistan and India
  • Golden Temple- is one of the sikhs' most important shrines
  • Punjab- it was where the sikhs lived in northern province that was known as this, the demanded that the province be independent from India
  • Muslim League- was under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Jinnan and was beginning to believe in the creation of a seperate Muslim state of Pakistan




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Links
Amritsar Massacre for more information on the Amritsar Massacre.
Reginald Dyer for more information on the British general.
Mohandas Ghandi for more information on the great soul.
Indian National Congress for more information on the Indian political party.
Indira Gandhi for more information on the first woman to lead India.
Indian Independence Act for more information on India's independence from British rule.
Jewaharla Nehru for more information on India's first prime minister.
Mother Teresa for more information on the missionary and Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
Queen Victoria for more information on the Empress of India.
Salt March for more information on the Salt March